02-15-2007, 08:56 AM
or a huge pothole, or having the battery clamp pounded on. Exide did some testing back in the early '90s. They tested something like 10,000 failed batteries, and over 9000 of them showed signs of damage to one or both posts, or the connecting strap between the post and the plates, or both.
That's why they even make a tool so you don't need to pound them on. You open them up.
or you take the bolt out, and open them up with a big screwdriver, and put the bolt back in.
I'm just saying that since I personally sold about a thousand batteries in that 4 years, I may have learned a bit about batteries, and their failure modes.
That's why they even make a tool so you don't need to pound them on. You open them up.
or you take the bolt out, and open them up with a big screwdriver, and put the bolt back in.
I'm just saying that since I personally sold about a thousand batteries in that 4 years, I may have learned a bit about batteries, and their failure modes.